Puzzles
#01
Donk Bet
Intermediate
30bb effective

When should the BB lead?

You defend the big blind, flop top pair with a straight draw, and land on the single flop the solver leads more often than any other. Knowing why is what makes the bet repeatable.

  1. Pre-flop
  2. Flop

Hand info

Seats
BB vs BTN
Street
Pre-flop
Pot
4 bb
Effective stack
30 bb
Villain raised to
2.5 bb
You already in
1 bb
To call
1.5 bb

Single raised pot, no ante. Blinds 0.5 / 1.

Pot4 BB
1
HERO ·BB
30 BB
UTG
FOLD
HJ
FOLD
CO
FOLD
2.5
D
BTN
RAISE27.5 BB behind
0.5
SB
FOLD

PREFLOP · 30BB EFFECTIVE

BTN OPEN

6-max table. Hero is BB with 30 big blinds effective. BTN OPEN. Hero holds 7s and 6s.

Hand history

Pre-flop

  • UTGFolds
  • HJFolds
  • COFolds
  • BTNRaises to 2.5 bb
  • SBFolds

It folds to the button, who opens to 2.5bb. The small blind folds. You are in the big blind with 30bb behind and 1.5bb more to call.

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